Abstract:Original description of Rana tenggerensis from Ningxia Hui Autonomous
Region, China is presented in this paper. The diagnosis of it has been reported
in vol. 2, No. 1 of Chinese Herpetological Research in 1988.
Rana tenggerensis Zhao, Macey and Papenfusa, 1988
Holotype: CIB 80001-CAS 166936, an adult male from along the north shore of the Yellow River,at Shapotou Desert Research Station, Shapotou (37°30′ N,104°58′E), Zhongwei Co., Yinnan Prefecture, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The specimen was collected August 14, 1987 by J. Robert Macey and Theodore J. Papenfuss. The specimen is deposited at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chengdu.
Paratype: CAS 166808, an adult male from along the south shore of the Yellow River, at Shenjiatan (37°28′N, 105°18′E), Zhongwei Co., Yinnan Prefecture, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,China. The specimen was collected August 13, 1987 by J. Robert Macey and Theodore J. Papenfuss. The specimen is deposited at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Diagnosis: Rana tenggerensis is closely related to Rana nigromaculata Hallowell, but differs from the latter in having 1) a wider head, 2)the nostril closer to the eye than to the tip of the snout, 3)the tibia to snout-vent length proportionally shorter, 4) full webbing with almost no notch, 5) a less rugose back, 6 ) no dark spots on the lips, 7) no dark stripe in front of the shoulder.